Are you looking for an office, M+A deals, top 200 startups, Startup Weekend or ‘State of Social’ early birds & updated events?
Here’s some stuff you may like to be made aware of, odd and ends, scraps, bytes if you must (and I must)…
/1/ Looking for 40sqm office?
We’ve been made aware of 40m2 office that can be sublet from a startup business located in Leederville, a stone’s throw from the coffee strip. We’re told “it’s a great space, comes with a small reception area, whiteboards, pool table and fridge. (all necessities ha!) Only $1000 per month + 1/3 of outgoings”.
Email us here at Startup News for more information, and we’ll pass you on.
/2/ Latest M&A Wrap
“The value of a business is the value it is to the one that will ultimately buy it” (Jordan Green, Australian Angel investors). If this is true, then it is wise to keep an eye on what merger and acquisition deals are out there, and likely trends. You need to know what you might be working towards.
Pitcher Partners recently released the 4th issue of their annual Dealmakers report, which tracks M&A trends in Australia.
Startup News has seen the report, relevant highlights include:
- the TMT (technology, media, telecommunications) sector is likely to be the busiest sector, ahead of consumer and financial services;
- the EMU (energy, mining and utilities) sector, which was the busiest in 2017, drops to 5th on the list of the likely most active sectors in 2018;
- 40% of dealmakers see cybersecurity as a risk for M&A; and 25% see issues around cybersecurity as an opportunity;
- 78% of respondents expect deal activity levels to increase on 2017 levels;
- 22% expect deal levels to remain as least as high as 2017;
- 2017 was a year of surging M&A activity in Australia, with 1,127 deals (up 55% on volume terms on 2016) worth $122.6 billion (up 17% in value terms).
- Importantly, activity in the mid-market level (deals worth between $10m and $250m) again dominated the overall picture in terms of volume, making up 77% of total deal activity.
Note how TMT has surged to the top of the list as the most active sector.
/3/ Top 200 startups in the world
Canva has been judged #13 startup in the world, according to some new latest analysis. The top 200 is dominated by US startups (72 of them), and Australia has 5. No guesses for who holds the top 2 positions.
/4/ Startup Weekend is back, and gone social impact
Perth’s (12th) Startup Weekend is set for weekend of 4th-6th May and early bird tickets are now on sale. The same, but different, this time it has a theme – social impact – so it could be about sustainable living, equality, diversity, community… it’s up to you. Learn how to build a social impact startup, from the ground up, in 54 hours of frenetic hacking and hustling. Unmissable.
Early bird prices finish on March 30th. Don’t say you weren’t warned.
/5/ State of Social early bird prices close next week
The first ever ‘State of Social‘ (social & digital marketing) conference takes place at the Riverview Room, Optus Stadium on Tues 26th June. I know, it’s a long way off. But the first set of tickets all sold out, and early bird prices finish next week (on the 15th). Speakers already announced include Nick Randall (Tribe) and Barb de Corti (Enjo). Networking, learning, connecting.
More info & tickets, head over to the conference website.
/6/ Startup Events for next week
(Some of these ** have been added since last week’s update)
Tue 13 Mar 7.30-9am – Building 1M members, Student Edge (Innovation Bay). $35. Kailis, 101 Oxford St, L’ville
Wed 14 Mar 7.30-9am – Freo Startup. (Speaker tba). ThinkLab, 2/51057 Market St, Fremantle
Wed 14 Mar 2-3pm – How to get up to $1M in funding (AC Matching Grants). AusIndustry, Lvl 25, 44 St G Tce
** Wed 14 Mar 5.30-8.30pm – A brief introduction to rom-rb (Ruby on Rails Meetup). Spacecubed, 45 St G Tce
Wed 14 Mar 6-8pm – Fireside chat with Shahirah Gardiner (Startup Grind). $25. Tank Stream Labs, Lvl 5, EY
Thu 15 Mar 7.30-9am – FREE Data Disruption breakfast. (Joint event with Alyka and NGIS). FLUX, 191 St G Tce
Thu 15 Mar 7.45-9am – ESIC tax concessions explained, breakfast. (Grant Thornton event). Lvl 43, Central Park
** Thu 15 Mar 5pm – WAITTA’s Incite Awards nominations close. (Incite Awards website)
** Fri 16 Mar 2-5pm – FREE IP Clinic (Watermark IP Clinic). HBF Arena, Kennedy Dr, Joondalup
** Fri 16 Mar 5-7.30pm – The Future will be Human (ECU Watermark Series). $20-$35. HBF Arena, Joondalup
Fri 16 Mar 5-7.30pm – Facilitated startup discussions (Silicon Beach meetup). Spacecubed, 45 St G Tce
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Have a great weekend.
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